Chris Yaughn
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| 17 Apr 2007 04:18 PM |
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Corian adhesive  or  ? I don't currently have a 470ml gun.
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John Cristina
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| 17 Apr 2007 04:50 PM |
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If you are going to be doing a good amount of Corian I would get it. Even though we use Integra adhesives, we have a Corian gun for those odd colors we dont stock. If you dont want the big gun get the baby gun, Corian has all their adhesives to fit those as does Integra.
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| 17 Apr 2007 05:06 PM |
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Buying the big gun sucks, but if you are going to be a solid surface fabricator you have to have one. Remember the small gun for Corian and Integra are different. But the small guns are cheaper so you can get both. |
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Chris Yaughn
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| 17 Apr 2007 05:23 PM |
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I've got the 250 ish "normal" gun. I think I would go crazy fighting a 50ml gun. (the other Corian gun, I think) Guess I'll just get a 470ml gun, and carry on.
Just $ I had not planned on spending today. Please tell me Corian cartridges use the "normal" (mcx) tips.
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John Cristina
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| 17 Apr 2007 06:37 PM |
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Sorry Chris they use MCX and MFX in my neck of the woods, but am not sure if they are all the same near you. The 50ml guns are nice but are a pain to fab a whole job out of. Great for field seams though.
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John Christensen
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| 17 Apr 2007 08:24 PM |
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I use the 50 ML gun exclusively. I prefer it to the larger gun. the tips are small and don't use much adheasive to fill up. Also the glue doesn't ooze out of the tip after releasing the trigger as much as the larger guns. Just my pref.
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| 17 Apr 2007 10:24 PM |
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Cross match the adhesive, you can use any adhesive on any SS. If your doing a small amount of Corian why spend the few bucks you may make on a gun you will not use often. |
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| 21 Apr 2007 01:34 AM |
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Somewhere in the annals of recorded material at DuPont, they he a video of me railing against the "new" (at the time) larger adhesive guns. We were recording a builder/remodeler program they were coming out with and trying it out for reaction with some of my remodeler customers. the word "Arrogant" appears more than once.
Boy was I pissed.
Then I bought the larger gun, of course.
Bastids.
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| 21 Apr 2007 02:35 AM |
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Tom do you remember the original bulk adhesive Dupont had in the mid 80's. I got suckered in to buying that stupid pneumatic bulk gun. That sucker sits on a shelf in my garage. It is a pretyy shade of blue though. |
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| 21 Apr 2007 03:14 AM |
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I have one of those also. Wanna buy it? |
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| 21 Apr 2007 03:22 AM |
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[QUOTE]FEDSAWWES wrote
It is a pretyy shade of blue though.[/QUOTE]
LMAO
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Chris Yaughn
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| 21 Apr 2007 04:32 AM |
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Tom,
I feel ya'
That is pretty much what I was looking for. Got the gun yesterday.
Don't fight the man.
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Tom M
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| 22 Apr 2007 01:30 AM |
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Wes,
I really liked the swing arm bit.
Great style. Kind of "Hyperbaric Chamber Chic", if you know what I mean. |
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| 22 Apr 2007 01:32 AM |
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Chris,
Yup. I always use the recommended glue.
If I ever need to tell these guys that I used the recommended glue, I want to be very comfortable.
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| 23 Apr 2007 08:16 PM |
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[QUOTE]Tom M wrote
Chris,
Yup. I always use the recommended glue.
If I ever need to tell these guys that I used the recommended glue, I want to be very comfortable.
Tom[/QUOTE]
It's a matter of integrity isn't it. when you sign an agreement with a supplier of a product to follow their recommended guidelines and they require you to use their adheasive, then what is the question here. It sounds like some posters are saying that as long as I probably won'gt get caught, or how can they prove what glue I am using, then I am going to use the cheaper adhesive.
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| 23 Apr 2007 09:23 PM |
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Johnny, alot of the time it's not about the cheaper adhesive, it is about the better one, the one with the lowest failure rate. Most on here know which brand is in that category. |
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| 23 Apr 2007 09:29 PM |
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Andy,
We were given the rights to the Corian mini cartridge and dispenser so their 50ml and ours (dispensers included) are exactly the same.
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Tom M
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| 23 Apr 2007 10:12 PM |
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Johnny C,
That's the way I see it. If I get a failure (not in a long time - knock wood), then they will have to make a decision whether to recommend another brand.
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| 24 Apr 2007 02:08 AM |
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I went back and re-read my previous post. When I did so it wasn't even clear to me what was the meaning of what I said was.
Let me try again.
I personally only use the glue that the manufacturer recommends. My post was intended to question the the decision of some fabricators who will use other adhesives simply for cost savings. Some manufacturers don't seem to care what adhesive you use. In those cases go for the cost savings as long as you are comfortable with the quality of the bond and color match. Others are very specific and have required the fabricator to agree to use only their adhesive. My comment on integrety had to do with those agreements and the decision by some fabricators to disregard it because of a low chance of being found out, and in the mean time maybe save a buck.
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Chris Yaughn
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| 24 Apr 2007 02:52 AM |
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I am kinda like Norm on this one. In all honesty, I couldn't tell you which cost more to get in my door. Corian or Integra. My volume is so low that I am much more concerned about that little margin for error that a GOOD color/translucency (sp) match gives me. As well as predictable cure times.
I have never used Corian adhesives and was concerned that it might fall in line with other manufacturers adhesives that I have been unhappy with. I have the bulk packs in and will , hopefully, get a chance to use them soon.
I will say this, I recently got a pallet of Corian in and the driver was by far the most helpful yet. Just lucky that the general freight guy on my route also delivers Starron, Integra, Rugby etc...
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